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Aa'rHUrt M EvEnsoN, or SPRING GROVE, MINNESOTA.

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Application filed February 28,7191?.

To all whom t may @0m/em Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. EvnNSoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spring Grove, in the county of Houston and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and 1isefullmprovements in Standards, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a novel and improved type of bolster-pin or standard which can be readily applied or detached from the bolster without injuring or weakening any of the parts.

A further object is to provide means of this character which include a collapsible upright member supported upon a base plate and capable of being adequately supported in its operative position.

Another object is to provide suitable means of this character which is composed of but a few, simple and eiicient parts, and capable of being manufactured and sold in assembled form at comparatively little expense.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel formation and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully referred to in the specification and claims and pointed out in the drawings, wherein;

Figure l is a view illustrating the application of the invention to the bolster of a bob-sleigh;

Fig. 2 shows the outline of the standard or bolster pin as viewed from the front;

Fig. 3 is a side view thereof, and

Fig. 4 is a top plan of bolster pin shown detached from the bolster.

In the drawings, the numeral l indicates the end portion of a bolster to which my improved pin or stake is to be attached. A base plate 2 of suitable material is provided and has flanges 3 projecting upwardly from its lateral edges in proximity to the end 4. Secured between the flanges 3 is a transverse bolt 5 which acts as a bearing for the stake 6. The plate 2 is placed upon the upper face of the bolster l and at the extremity thereof as shown in the drawings, being securely fastened thereto by any suitable means. A raised portion 7 is carried at the end 8 of the base plate and provided with a screw threaded bore adapted for the recep tion of any suitable tightening bolts.

The pin or stake 6 which is pivotally connected to the base plate2 by means ofthebolt Specification of Ifetters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 19125.

serial no. 151,525',

5 as previously described consists of an elongated strip, preferably of a concaved formation and provided with oppositely disposed ears 9, said ears being .located substantially intermediate the upper and lower extremities of the stake bar 6. The stake bar 6 has its lowermost portion widened out to provide an enlargedand strengthened base for engagement between the flanges 3 of the plate 2, the sides 10 of the stake adapted to engage respectively the inner opposing faces 11 of the flanges 3 and pivotally supported in contact therewith by the bolt 5.

The stake ring 12 is provided adjacent the upper end of the stake 6 and tends 'to support any member embraced by the concaved face of the stake 6, such as a pipe length 13, whenever it is desired to use such to extend the height of the stake, for instance, when hauling a quantity of logs. A brace rod le is pivotally supported between the ears 9 by means of bolt 15 and carries at its opposite free end threaded means 16, arranged to revolve therein when operated by the thumb grip 17. It is evident that a stake of the above description can be readily applied to any bolster, whether the latter forms part of a wagon or car construction, or in connection with bob-sleighs as illustrated for convenience in Fig. l of the drawing.

Upon mounting the plate 2 upon the bolster the stake 6 is maintained in a vertical upright position by means of the bracing rod 14 which is fastened to the raised portion 7 of the base plate by means of the threaded means 16, entering the threaded bore of the raised member '7.` When thus supported, the stake 6 is fully braced to withstand any sudden or undue strain exerted against it and at the same time can be readily released and drawn to a horizontal position as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. This does away with the necessity for entirely removing the stake from the bolster as is the 4case with the older type of stake pins in common use while it also eliminates the labor and difficulty sometimes experienced in properly setting the pin in its upright operative position upon the bolster.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A wagon standard comprising a base plate, a concaved standard pivoted to said plate, ears on said standard, a supporting member pivotally connected to said ears, an angular projection on said base plate supporting the free end of said supporting member, and means for releasably attaching said member to said projection.

2; VA Wagon standard Comprising a base plate, said base plate having flanged sides and a raised end-piece provided at one end thereof, a standard mounted between the iianged sides oi said plate and being pivotally joined thereto, a supporting bar pivoted to said standard at one end and having the other end abutting with the raised endpiece o the base plate, and means carried by said supporting bar and adapted to enter said raised end-piece whereby the said bar may be fastened thereto.

3. A wagon standard comprising a base plate, a standard pivoted to said base plate having its inner side coneaved to receive a stake or rod, a supporting bar pivoted to said standard and means carried by said bar for fastening the same to the base plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR M. EVEN-SON.

Witnesses:

O. E. HALLAN7 B. T. HAUGEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patente, Washington, D. C. 

